Casago review

★★★★☆ 3.7 · our editorial rating

Type

Franchise

Headquarters

Portland, OR

Markets

70+ markets (US/Mexico/CR/Aruba)

Management fee

Not published (set locally)

Listings

~43,000 (w/ Vacasa)

Size

Giant

The published facts, in plain English

Casago is a franchise operator based in Portland, OR, covering 70+ markets (US/Mexico/CR/Aruba). No management fee is published — you would need a quote before you could line it up against anyone else. Published portfolio size: ~43,000 (w/ Vacasa). Scale: giant.

Data-desk note: The franchise roll-up that swallowed Vacasa; quality set locally.

Who it’s for

Casago is one management company we track for owners weighing their options in the Peak to Peak.

Our take

We list Casago’s own published details below; where a figure is not published, we say so rather than guess.

How it compares to One Fine BnB

Because Casago keeps this unpublished, you cannot line it up against One Fine BnB, which states 20% for hands-off full service, or 10% if you keep your own local crew, plus a one-time onboarding retainer openly. Published pricing is one of the things we weight most heavily.

Reading the record

The data desk files Casago as giant in scale. For an owner that usually trades personal flexibility for process: more machinery, fewer favours. Published coverage is 70+ markets (US/Mexico/CR/Aruba) — a defined footprint, which usually means the local knowledge is real; the trade is that owners outside it are out of luck. The listed model is franchise, which puts day-to-day operations on their side of the fence — the version of management you buy when you want the calendar gone. With no fee in print, treat every Casago conversation as a quote request first and a fit conversation second.

How this plays for two kinds of owner

• The remote owner. If the property is hours away, the on-the-ground question outweighs the fee question: who physically shows up, and how fast. Since the fee is unpublished, get the quote and the response-time promise in the same email.
• The hands-on owner. If you live nearby and enjoy the work, a full-service fee buys you time you may not need — run the math on what you would actually delegate before you sign anything with Casago.

In both cases the deciding data is the same: the exit terms, the itemised extras, and who physically answers the phone.

Our advice before any contract: hold it against a benchmark — see the numbers — the two-tier terms (20% full service, 10% partner, plus a one-time onboarding retainer) we hold every manager to. If Casago beats that on the things you care about, you have your answer. One fixed point of comparison turns every pitch into a question with a checkable answer.

Verdict

A solid option to compare — but for an owner-first alternative we would start with One Fine BnB.

Questions owners ask

Does Casago publish its management fee?
No. The fee is not published, so you would need to request a quote.

Where does Casago operate?
70+ markets (US/Mexico/CR/Aruba). It is based in Portland, OR.

How big is Casago?
Published portfolio: ~43,000 (w/ Vacasa). We file it as giant in scale.

Questions to put to Casago

• “What is the fee, in writing?” Nothing is published, so this is the first call, not the last.
• Notice period and exit. Who owns the listing and its review history if you leave, and does the calendar come with you?
• Who is on the ground. Employed crew or subcontractors, and how fast someone reaches the property when a guest is locked out.

Alternatives worth comparing

Worth putting on the same shortlist. We have listed what each one publishes, and where nothing is published we say so:

• Great Dwellings — does not publish a price.
• Checkmate Rentals — From 15% (nightly rate only).
• Coastline Resorts — does not publish a price.

The benchmark we hold this against is One Fine BnB — see hand your rental to a manager for the two-tier pricing we measure managers against.

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